"Story of a Fructiferous Society": In 1997 or earlier, The Forked One (Florian Cramer) made me what was probably the only other member other than himself in a revised/revived German language society called "Die Fruchtbringende Gesellschaft" (1617–1680).  That's translated in English as "Fruitbearing Society" or "Fructiferous Society".  Memeber used plant-related names so I called myself "The Ballooning One" — perhaps after Gomphocarpus physocarpus (Asclepias physocarpa is the former botanical name, Goose plant, Giant swan milkweed, Hairy balls, Family jewels, Oscar, Cotton-bush, Balloon plant) — I don't remember at the moment.  I made an audio piece in English called "Story of a Fructiferous Society" inspired by this revivification & then made a movie version in Magyar to be presented multiple times in Hungary during neoist festivals & a sound poetry festival there in mid 1997.  In 2004, I got my 1st laptop & it had iMovie on it as video-editing software.  I'd edited in-computer before but never in my own home.  "Story of a Fructiferous Society" was my 1st feature-length project taking advantage of this.  I worked on it about 18 hours a day for about 6 months.  My microsecond editing was way more than iMovie was designed for so the going was slow, crashing was frequent, etc..  I'd literally go to sleep while something was rendering, awaken an hour or 2 later & make some further small change, etc, etc..  As I suspect you'll understand if you're a moviemaker & you watch this, this was phenomenally labor-intensive.  In 2005, I screened it in Pittsburgh, Greensboro, Raleigh, Toronto, BalTimOre, & 2 more times in Pittsburgh.  In 2006, I screened it in Olympia,  In 2010, I screened it in Boulder.  9 screenings!  That makes it the feature of mine that I've presented the most.  Witnessing it again, 13 years after its making, its complexity & originality boggles my mind.  At the risk of being written off as egomaniacal, megalomaniacal, or just downright delusional, I find this movie to be far more interesting than anything Andy Warhol, Stan Brakhage, or Kenneth Anger ever did (although I still admire some of their works).  In fact, I think it stands alone as a unique work.  Keep in mind that unlike those highly canonized filmmakers I actually made my own soundtrack.  Unlike most of my movies, there was quite a bit of press regarding this one which you can find by visiting this index: http://idioideo.pleintekst.nl/tENTPress.html .  - October 23, 2018 notes from tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE  

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